And he took up his parable and said, The utterance of Balaam son of Beor, the man whose eyes are truly open says,

he who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, call for a curse upon Israel for me.

And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken as a witness, you son of Zippor.

And Job further continued and said in his discourse,

so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world."